pgꜣ

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

p
g
AD32
D40

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to spread open, to unfold

Inflection

Conjugation of pgꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: pgꜣ, geminated stem: pgꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
pgꜣ
pgꜣw, pgꜣ
pgꜣt
pgꜣ
pgꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
pgꜣ
ḥr pgꜣ
m pgꜣ
r pgꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect pgꜣ.n
pgꜣw, pgꜣ
consecutive pgꜣ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative pgꜣt
perfective3 pgꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 pgꜣ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective pgꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 pgꜣ
pgꜣꜣ
potentialis1 pgꜣ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive pgꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect pgꜣ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective pgꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
pgꜣ
pgꜣ, pgꜣw5, pgꜣy5
imperfective pgꜣ, pgꜣy, pgꜣw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
pgꜣ, pgꜣj6, pgꜣy6
pgꜣ, pgꜣw5
prospective pgꜣ, pgꜣtj7
pgꜣtj4, pgꜣt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Noun

p
g
AD32N23
Z1

 m

  1. open space, field
  2. battlefield

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182.